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PACBI: UN Sponsorship of Joint Palestinian-Israeli Orchestra Undermines Palestinian Civil Resistance
A Letter Regarding UN Sponsorship of Joint Palestinian-Israeli Orchestra Mr. Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Occupied Jerusalem July 24, 2012 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is alarmed that the UN is organizing a concert for the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO), to be held […]
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USACBI issues letter to university presidents after Israel tour
Prominent scholars and human rights activists issued an open letter (download PDF) to university presidents who participated in a recent tour (July 1-9, 2012) of Israel designed to bolster cooperation between US and Israeli universities sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, calling upon the university officials to “not…pursue institutional relationships between your universities and Israeli […]
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The Academic Boycott of Israel – Patrick Bond and Muhammed Desai
One of South Africa”s largest tertiary institutions, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, is a site of multiple controversies, but a near-disaster on Monday deserves more reflection because it points us in a positive direction: away from allying with the Israeli state and its apartheid policies during a time of heightened racism. A representative of […]
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Nino Katamadze Will Not Play Apartheid Israel
Via Refrain Playing Israel: Nino Katamadze, international jazz singer from Georgia, has just cancelled her entire concert tour in apartheid Israel scheduled for 13-17 November. She joinsother artists who have also honored the call for boycott by Palestinian Civil Society. Katamadze was contacted by Israeli group, Boycott From Within, in 2011, in a letter stating: We, Israeli citizens, members […]
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Palestinian civil society welcomes Presbyterian Church (USA) Israel boycott resolution
“There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.” –Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Occupied Palestine, 7 July 2012 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition of Palestinian political parties, trade unions, NGOs and networks, warmly welcomes the Presbyterian Church (USA)”s resolute vote to boycott all products from Israeli colonial settlements in […]
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INCACBI Appeal to Academics: Boycott Collaboration with Israeli Academic Institutions at the Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2012, Hyderabad, September 7-9, 2012
http://incacbi.in/incacbi-appeal-academics-boycott-collaboration-israeli-academic-institutions-indo-global-education-s New Delhi, 4 July 2012 Dear Colleague, We, a group of academics, activists and artists in India, came together in June 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid regime by extending support to the international campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The Israeli state daily tramples on the academic freedom and cultural […]
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Asian American community organizations to CAAM: Support BDS, don’t partner with Israel
The following letter, by Asian American individuals and organizations, was written to the Center for Asian American Media to protest the Center’s sponsorship of the Israel China Film Festival, an event sponsored by the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. This letter joined the call from USACBI and a number of other organizations. Individual signatures to […]
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USACBI to CAAM: End sponsorship of Israel-China film festival
The following letter was sent to Stephen Gong, the Executive Director of the Center for Asian American Media, to protest the Israel-China Film Festival, on June 26-28 at the San Francisco Public Library, a partnership with the Israeli Consulate. This letter was initiated by USACBI and endorsed by numerous organizations and individuals, listed below. Click […]
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South African UKZN cancels Monday’s Israeli lecture
By Daily News Reporter The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has cancelled a lecture on Monday by Israeli”s deputy ambassador to South Africa, Yaakov Finkelstein. The decision was made by UKZN”s deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Joseph Ayee, on Sunday afternoon after coming under pressure from student organisations and academic staff to cancel Finkelstein”s lecture. “I have reconsidered […]
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An Open Letter from the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI)
On April 24, 2012, the New York Times transcended its usual subservience to Israel’s apartheid policies by publishing an ad from the “David Horowitz Freedom Center,” whose Orwellian logic and tone could serve the aims of a lynch mob. The half-page ad charged supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement focused on Israel of inciting hatred which leads […]
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